Public funds given to Amazon: FOI release

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002


Information requested

A detailed breakdown of all public funds the Scottish Government have given to Amazon since 2007. I would like this figure presented as an annual figure for each calendar year and a cumulative total. I would like a breakdown of what public funds were specifically allocated by the Scottish Government to Amazon for their Faulds Park distribution centre in Gourock, Inverclyde, since 2007.

Response

Our enterprise agency, Scottish Enterprise (SE), leads on a pan-Scotland approach to attracting inward investment by foreign companies, such as Amazon. The following table provides a full breakdown, by project and year, of the information held by the Scottish Government on SE support to Amazon.


While your request specifies funds since 2007, grants are often made over several years and multiple projects listed include instalments made prior to 2007. Therefore, to provide the full context, we have chosen to also provide details of payments by SE to Amazon in 2005 and 2006.

With regard to Faulds Park distribution centre, there were 3 payment totalling £2,137,000 which are listed in the top 3 rows of the table below.

Description

2005

2006

2007

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Total Payments made (£)

Faulds Park - Major Project

107,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

107,000

RSA - establish a European Group support operation together withadditional customer fulfilment capacity - Gourock

 

555,000

 

600,000

 

500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,655,000

RSA - To expand the company's facility to satisfy customer demand - Gourock

 

 

 

 

375,000

 

 

 

 

 

375,000

RSA - To establish a remote software development centre for web development - South Queensferry

 

 

150,000

 

50,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

200,000

RSA - To establish additional capacity to meet UK and European customer fulfilment requirements - Glenrothes

 

 

200,000

 

50,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

250,000

RSA - Development of a new fulfilment centre to satisfy customer demand – Dunfermline

 

 

 

 

 

215,000

 

165,000

 

355,000

 

665,000

 

1,400,000

Property Infrastructure General

 

50,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

50,000

Amazon Customer Service Centre Training Plus consolidated Project - Edinburgh

 

 

 

 

143,275

 

213,410

 

171,936

 

 

94,461

 

623,082

Contribution towards the fit out and preparation of premises at Waverley Gate - Edinburgh

 

 

 

 

160,000

 

 

 

 

 

160,000

Training Plus - contribution towards training and management development – Dunfermline

 

 

 

 

 

 

262,576

 

 

224,788

 

487,364

Support to attract new FDI investment

21,600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,600

Total (£)

683,600

1,000,000

600,000

678,275

428,410

599,512

355,000

984,249

5,329,046


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